- In
English criminal law,
attainder was the
metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood"
which arose from
being condemned for a
serious capital crime...
- A bill of
attainder (also
known as an act of
attainder, writ of
attainder, or bill of penalties) is an act of a
legislature declaring a person, or a group...
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Algernon Sidney or
Sydney (15
January 1623 – 7
December 1683) was an
English politician,
republican political theorist and colonel. A
member of the middle...
- Jack Cade's
Rebellion was a po****r
revolt in 1450
against the
government of England,
which took
place in the south-east of the
country between the months...
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Following the
trial of
Charles I in
January 1649, 59
commissioners (judges)
signed his
death warrant. They,
along with
several key ****ociates and numerous...
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return to
England on
taking an oath of abjuration. In 1662 the bill of
attainder against his
father was
reversed by Parliament, and he
regained the title...
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James II, and in 1685 was one of the prin****l
supporters of the act of
attainder against the Duke of Monmouth; but he
remained in
England when William...
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while taking aim on his neck.
Russell was
exonerated by
reversal of his
attainder under William III.
Russell did not confess; in fact, he
pleaded that he...
- his execution, all of Seymour's
property was
seized by the Crown. His
attainder was
reversed by
Parliament in 1550,
although the
property was not returned...
- Sir
Henry Bond, 2nd
Baronet (died 1721) was an
English Jacobite. He was the
eldest son of Sir
Thomas Bond, 1st Baronet, and
succeeded his
father in the...